Atypical Pseudomonas Keratitis.

Kim, Hong Bok; Kim, Si Uk; Suh, Seung Cheul; Lew, Ho Min

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1982;23(3):713-717.
Published online March 1, 1982.

Atypical Pseudomonas Keratitis.

Hong Bok Kim, Si Uk Kim, Seung Cheul Suh, Ho Min Lew

Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

비전형적 녹농균성 각막염

김홍복(Hong Bok Kim),서승철(Seung Chul Suh),김시욱(Si Uk Kim),유호민(Ho Min Ryoo)

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common and the most severe Gram-negative corneal pathogen. Pseudomonas keratitis often arises from the use of a contaminated fluorescein solution or from contaminated medications used either to examine or to treat a corneal abrasion or injury. Pseudomonas keratitis is an acute rapidly progressive corneal ulcer with greenish pus and hypopyon. A 49 year old Korean woman was found to have pseudomonas keratitis whose clinical features. were different from the classic pattern of pseudomonas keratitis.